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Green Computing “A fresh approach” December 9, 2009

Green computing is a term simply used for efficient use of energy in computing with minimal impact on the environment and at the same time reducing cost as low as possible.  The main objective of green house computing is reducing environmental hazards to the minimum by promoting the use of renewable energy. This is where Iceland comes into the picture.  Iceland is a small island country that is blazing the trail in the green computing initiative with tremendous amounts of green energy from hydro-electric and geothermal sources.  Here, you are rest assured of the prices for electricity in the world with the country’s unique location halfway between North America and Europe.  It is the ideal location for massive data centres, server farms and delivering cloud computing services, thereby keeping electricity bills in check for cloud computing firms. Some companies such as Google are already seeing the potential and benefits of moving their data centres to this tiny island. Iceland has such a huge prospective for server farms because the country sits on top of volcanoes that have geothermal energy and also glaciers that produce waterfalls thereby powering electricity generating turbines. This distinctive location puts Iceland at the forefront of geothermal technology which makes this tiny island be in huge demand for the information technology industry. You could kill two birds with one stone by reducing the cost of operation to a considerable amount and also reducing environmental hazards.  This is because the information technology industry is only second to the aviation industry in carbon emission (Green House gases) which could have an adverse effect on our future as a people because of the enormous energy consumption. Google is now beginning to see Iceland as the ideal option to cut down operational cost and at the same time play a huge role in our climate change.  I believe it’s just a matter of time for other information technology giants to grab the gigantic opportunity this small island country presents.

Iceland’s Green Man Newsweek: By  Daniel Gross 05-05-08                                                               http://www.newsweek.com/id/134260

Iceland could become a global hub for green computing: 29-03-09 By Tom Foremski: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=420